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obnoxious
[uhb-nok-shuhs]
adjective
highly objectionable or offensive; odious.
obnoxious behavior.
Antonyms:annoying or objectionable due to being a show-off or attracting undue attention to oneself.
an obnoxious little brat.
Archaic.exposed or liable to harm, evil, or anything objectionable.
Obsolete.liable to punishment or censure; reprehensible.
obnoxious
/ əˈɒʃə /
adjective
extremely unpleasant
obsoleteexposed to harm, injury, etc
Other Word Forms
- obnoxiously adverb
- obnoxiousness noun
- unobnoxious adjective
- unobnoxiously adverb
- DzˈԴdz澱dzܲ adverb
- DzˈԴdz澱dzܲԱ noun
Word History and Origins
Origin of obnoxious1
Word History and Origins
Origin of obnoxious1
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Example Sentences
There were some obnoxious, self righteous people there — after all, every protest has them.
"I was an obnoxious little teenager," she said with a laugh.
With apologies to Felicity, the film’s mutt is so obnoxious that you can’t wait for the inevitable moment when it disappears from the story.
Trump's lies are especially obnoxious, because the press keeps getting hold of memos circulated by U.S. intelligence agencies that make clear that no part of Trump's conspiracy theory is true.
In a stunning display of obnoxious presumptuousness, the secretary of state and the vice president of the United States decided they needed to weigh in on that decision:
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